Housing Benefit (2026)
This stylised short film follows the unexpected intertwining of the fates of a young man, who applies for housing benefit during the day, and the clerk who processes his application. When they meet by chance in a bar that evening and events take an unexpected turn, they both end up in his flat. During their late-night conversation, the clerk reveals the absurdity of her daily work at the office – a world full of nonsensical rules, powerlessness and alienation, which is disturbingly reminiscent of a Kafkaesque labyrinth. This intimate drama, laced with black humour, shows that the victims of bureaucracy are not only its clients, but also those who carry it out.
Director: Lukáš Valíšek
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Anežka Rusevová as Květa |
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Filip Týc as Zbyněk |
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Štěpán Coufal as Marián Tureček |
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Štěpánka Pencová as Vrátná |
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Tomáš Karab as Úředník |
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Lucie Volhejnová as Úřednice |
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Bára Veselá as Žadatelka 1 |
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Viera Pavlíková as Žadatelka 2 |
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Michal Kolář as Žadatel |
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Jakub Haubert as Spolubydlící |
| Directing | Lukáš Valíšek | Director |
| Writing | Jakub Haubert | Writer |
| Camera | Helena Fikerová | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Zdeňka Petrová | Editor |
| Sound | Jan Strnad | Sound |
| Production | Vilém J. Dojiva | Producer |
| Art | Kateryna Ruzhyna | Art Direction |
